Europe’s Week Ahead: ECB, BOE and Payrolls Due

The latest meeting of the European Central Bank will be the focus of attention next week. That said, the pressure on Mario Draghi et all to act will have been lessened by Friday’s release of unchanged inflation.

The Bank of England is also meeting next week, but an unchanged stance is widely expected on that front.

In terms of economic data, the highlight will be the release of the nonfarm payrolls in the U.S. at the end of the week, but there will also be the final purchasing managers’ indexes in Europe.

Finally, in the corporate space, emerging markets-focussed bank Standard Chartered and French retail giant Carrefour are due to release results.

Nina Bains from the Wall Street Journal, Sara Sjolin from Market Watch and Heard on the Street’s Andrew Peaple discuss.